Wednesday, July 31, 2013

News::5 Reasons Why PCs Are Superior At Gaming Than Consoles

Michael Moore: "I can already feel the hate directed at me through some of your computer screens, but nevertheless I am standing strong with my points. I believe no screw that. I know that PCs are the ultimate gaming machines which offer the ultimate gaming experience."



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News::Megabyte Punch Brawls Onto PC Next Month

Dealspwn.com reports: "Megabyte Punch, the customisable indie brawler that was briefly available on IndieGameStand in alpha, has been tied down to a firm August 6th release date. This colourful and hectic proposition promises old-school action with massive character customisation, alongside the ability to generate levels out of .PNG files."



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News::GW2 Karma to Gold Trick (New)

When Guild Wars 2 first launched it was possible to convert any karma you earned to gold by simply purchasing karma items such as armor and selling it on the trading post. ArenaNet later removed that ability by changing these items to being soulbound. But now there is a new and very lucrative method of converting GW2 karma to gold that works quite well.



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News::The Future Is So Close

The VideoGamer Portugal Team met to discuss the games that most expected in the remainder of 2013. Here is the result of that conversation.



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News::Valve's Erik Johnson Talks About the Evolution of DOTA 2

It's the first time Valve visited ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China and 2P is so glad to have Erik Johnson to take the interview, talking about the current stage and future plan of DOTA 2.



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News::Take-Two fiddles around with a Bully trademark

Bully is one of my favorite Rockstar games of all time. Although it blew up release, it's fairly unheard of today, amidst praise for Red Dead Redemption and the latest GTA game. But that may change, as Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has filed a new trademark for Bully related media on July 25th.


We've heard talk of a Bully sequel before, and hopefully that talk will become reality on the next generation of consoles. If you're interested in checking out the original sometime, it's constantly on sale on Steam for under $10.


Take-Two [GameSpot]


Take-Two fiddles around with a Bully trademark screenshot






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News::Bungie on what Destiny does better than Borderlands


Bungie hopes to take Borderlands’ brand of openworld shooting one step further through connected play.


The Destiny developer invited us into its studio for the cover story of our new issue, on sale Thursday August 1. The game will allow players to level up using Talent Points, and Bungie acknowledges that it has taken inspiration from fellow openworld shooters Far Cry and Borderlands.


“We are absolutely doing things that would be familiar if you’ve played any kind of open-world game,” creative lead Joe Staten told us. “I mean… Far Cry, even. We would be idiots if we didn’t look at an awesome game like Borderlands and ask, ‘What are they doing well and how can we try to hit that same ball?’ I have never played a game where I have such a great attachment to my gun as I do in Borderlands.


“When we look at a game like that, we look at the things they’re doing well and also at opportunities they might have missed that we can capitalise on. You can party up with a group of people and then go around with that group, but never in Borderlands are you going to collide with a group of other people doing it too. We don’t do that just once or twice in the game, we do that all the time, everywhere. You see other people on the horizon, hear gunfire over a hill and see space magic flying behind some trees, and you know… there are other people out here, that [changes everything]. Borderlands right now is: ‘I’m going to walk into that space and we’re going to clear them out and keep going’. And frankly that’s not just Borderlands, that’s any co-op shooter.”


Speaking as part of our new issue’s cover feature, Bungie also told us what it learned from developing the Halo games and how those experiences fed into the making of Destiny.


E257 is on sale Thursday August 1 – you can find out more about the issue here.


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News::Cloudberry Kingdom video review - Simple looks big on challenge - CramG

A text and video based review of Pwnee Studios' hectic and addictive platformer.



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News::Ultra Street Fighter IV Aims to Make Everybody a Threat

Like in all fighting games, Super Street Fighter IV also features a series of tier characters. Some are considered high tier and hence are deadly in the right hands, while others are low and in the fighting circles are said to be of no good.



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News::Natural Threat 2 - Review | AACG

To conclude, although with awesome graphics; Natural Threat 2 is just above average. It is fun to play if you do not mind the lack of challenge but there are a lot of better HOPAs out there.



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News::Finders - New Screens

Carve a path through an unforgiving wilderness to rescue a hero trapped by a villain! As you balance time and resources, you'll also invent clever machines to accomplish special tasks, make friends with a Yeti, and prepare for the impending showdown against your enemy. Finders will provide hours of unforgettable fun!



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News::Mystery of the Ancients: Three Guardians - New Screens

Following the success of Curse of the Black Water, Mariaglorum is ready to take you on another wild adventure ride in this third installment of the Mystery of the Ancients franchise!



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News::Legends of the East: The Cobra's Eye - New Screens

From ChaYoWo Games,Legends of the East: The Cobra's Eye is the latest Hidden Object Adventure game from the studio. Watch out for the release later this week!



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News::Company of Heroes 2 sells 380k in 5 days

CVG:PC exclusive Company of Heroes 2 sold 380,000 copies in Europe and the US in its five days of availability during Sega's first financial quarter ended June 30.



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News::Punished Talents: Seven Muses - New Screens

Blam! Games is slowly rising to become one of the top HOPA developers which deliver us one great game after another. They have several upcoming games in production, Punished Talents: Seven Muses is their latest project and it looks just as great!



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News::Twilight Phenomena: Strange Menagerie - New Screens

Twilight Phenomena: Strange Menagerie is an upcoming Hidden Object Adventure sets in an exotic world. Get ready for the release of Collector's Edition this August!



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News::Just the WIP: Cube World - Pixels for Breakfast

Pixels for Breakfast writes: For those who arent in the know, Cube World is an adventure RPG, set in an never ending world. Players explore a giant world of cubes (as the name suggests), and the game literally generated the world as you move through it.



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News::Edge- The Raven: Legacy Of A Master Thief Review

Edge:An intimate tale on an international canvas, The Raven puts you in the shoes of underdog policeman Anton Jakob Zellner as he gets tangled up in a web of thieves, gangsters and misguided, distrustful bystanders. If those ingredients sound familiar, its because Nordic developer King Art is overtly and passionately riffing on Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot tales of murder and mystery (right down to Zellners waxed moustache and an indirect cameo by the author herself onboard where else? the Orient Express).



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News::Ginx- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Preview

Ginx:Originally revealed in 2010 as a first person shooter set in the XCOM universe, the Bureau was often referred to as a game "that no one really asked for". A couple of years and some major changes later, it resurfaced as The Bureau: XCOM Declassified; a third person shooter with a dash of the tactical elements that the series was famed for.



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News::Cloudberry Kingdom lands on PSN tomorrow

"I needed you to see that before I continued. You see, weve made the hardest, most stupidly ridiculous hardcore game ever. And were sorry. Kind of. We even called it a happy name like Cloudberry Kingdom to help ease the pain. But before I actually try apologizing for real, let me take a step back and defend myself. Ill be making use of the traditional Socratic Straw Man Method for my defense: below, youll find your unsound critiques highlighted in bold, with my impenetrable defense following. Afterward I may apologize."



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News::Review: Cloudberry Kingdom | Metro Gaming

Next to Ubisofts recent digital releases, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Far Cry: Blood Dragon and Spartacus Legends, Cloudberry Kingdom looks peculiarly infant. Bright and colourful and particularly bouncy, Cloudberry Kingdoms appearance is most definitely deceptive. In fact, Cloudberry Kingdom is arguably the most hardcore of all of these titles, despite the lack of blood and any truly visceral violence.



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News::Shadowrun Returns review | Thunderbolt

Nick Horth, Thuderbolt writes: One of the first big Kickstarted franchise releases, Shadowrun Returns has a great deal to live up to. Not only does it carry the torch for the next generation of crowd-funded games, its also the first title in several years for a much beloved franchise. A sequel of sorts to the very well-regarded SNES title, Shadowrun Returns revisits the grungy streets of Seattle 2054, an urban wasteland controlled by mega-corporations, into which magic has re-awakened, and a variety of meta-human races have re-emerged. You play as a Shadow Runner, a sort of special agent for hire who offers their skills out to anyone willing to pay the right price. In this case, youre contacted by an old buddy who wants you to hunt down a murderer. His own in fact.



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News::Edge Magazine Issue 257 Cover Revealed, Features Bungie's Destiny

The cover of Edge Magazine latest issue (#257) has been revealed, and guess what it features Bungie's upcoming shooter "Destiny" with a tagline "The Next Generation of Multiplayer Gaming".



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News::Electronic Arts Reveal Gamescom Line-up

Electronic Arts are getting ready for the biggest gaming event of the year. As of August 21st, hundreds of thousands of gamers will converge in Cologne to discover the power of the next-generation of gaming on consoles, PC and mobile. With close to 500 gaming stations for hands-on play opportunity, EA will showcase top titles including Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, The Sims 4, Need for Speed Rivals, Titanfall, Command & Conquer.



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News::R.I.P.D.: The Game Review | GameGrin

R.I.P.D.: The Game fails on just about every level; while it does physically work and has a surprising lack of mechanical bugs, it also so happens to be extremely uninspired and painfully dull.



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News::War Thunder | Good Game Review

This is a fantastic fighter game, that's full of intense moments, glorious atmosphere, and surprisingly minimal lag as well.



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News::League of Light: Dark Omens - Review | AACG

League of Light: Dark Omens might not be the most innovative game nor it does offer a bunch of extras but it doing an excellent job on telling a horror tale and offering us hours of solid entertainment.



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News::Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World Review - The Digital Fix

Its 1990 and the Brazilian civilisation, led by President Pedro II of Brazil, has just recommended to World Congress that an International Games should be held, and this has met with approval from the American and Iroquois leaders. Theres no word from the Mongolian hordes - normally they only talk to anyone when trying to open borders, or install an embassy thus making things a darn sight easier to commit espionage. It doesnt matter, theyll get their pro-rata vote for or against the said motion. In the meantime a Great Artist has just created a new masterpiece in the city of Salvador. There are many similar in Rio, Sao Paulo and others, all of which contribute to the culture score, something which makes the Brazilian world and Rio in particular the most desirable place to visit. Tourism here is high. Very high. Everyone wants to come. So many in fact that we hope in time victory will be secured without the need to resort to military action (we try and avoid such things) or silly...



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News::Dusty Revenge Review | CalmDownTom

Dust revenge is a 2D side scrolling beat and shoot em up with, frankly, an absolutely wonderful cell shaded art style. It follows the story of Dusty, a rabbit that came home one night to find his house ablaze and his girlfriend dead. Through the haze of smoke he glimpses 3 evil henchman walking away, carrying a hitherto unimportant heirloom from his father. He collapses, wakes up, vows revenge. And so our story begins.



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News::Jaw dropping indie game Strike Vector could be coming to next-gen consoles

Forget next-gen, it's already here: meet the tiny team behind epic space shooter Strike Vector.



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News::Lets Talk Games: Batman: Arkham Origins Discussion And Concerns

An eGamer journalist and extreme Batman fan discusses some of his concerns about the upcoming prequel, Batman: Arkham Origins.



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News::Build-a-Lot: Mysteries - Review | AACG

To sum up, Build-a-Lot: Mysteries is just another Build-a-Lot with supernatural theme. With some more new features, better story and creativity; this could have been the best Build-a-Lot.



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News::Grim Tales: Bloody Mary - New Screens

The all-time hit HOPA series is back with a brand new installment. Grim Tales: Bloody Mary Collector's Edition will be released very soon.



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News::Surface: The Pantheon - New Screens

When the Capital Express, the first ever railway to run through the Ridge of Leviathan mysteriously disappeared without a trace. It is up to you to uncover this supernatural case! The Pantheon is the latest installment in the highly-acclaimed Surface series!



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News::Money, Exploitation, and Booth Models in China

News::Games Like Dishonored

Dishonored is an action-adventure game played from a first-person perspective with an emphasis on stealth action. The game is set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall which follows Corvo loyal bodyguard of Empress is falsely accused of her murder, is left for dead. With the help of empire loyalists Corvo escapes from the prison seeking revenge on those who have murdered his charge. If you are a fan of action-adventure and stealth games like Dishonored and looking for more games with similar gameplay then find the recommendations here



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News::Deadpool Merc with a Map Pack now available to download

The potty-mouthed, Marvel loon has got his own game. Now he can finally say he has his own Map Pack. Deadpool Merc with a Map Pack is now available. WOOHOO! Formerly a preorder exclusive, for just £2.39, players can experience a whole new series of challenges and maps in the Deadpool universe.



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News::First Official ESO Gameplay Stream

It was just recently announced that The Elder Scrolls Online will finally have a live gameplay stream, and it is coming this Friday at 1:30 PM EDT. There is very little known about what well see or how much of it will be featured in this stream, but Elder Scrolls Online Guide breaks down the known details.



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News::Razer Naga Re-designed

Razer announced the latest iteration of the Razer Naga, the world´s all-time, best-selling MMO gaming mouse. The Razer Naga´s iconic 12-button thumb grid is now outfitted with mechanical switches for increased tactility, speed and actuation assurance. Each button on the thumb grid stands out more pronounced than previous generation models to allow for blind-finding, letting gamers more easily execute commands.



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News::Games to look for August | GRTV video

GR-UK writes: "As we approach the busiest period of the gaming calendar, we take a look at the biggest games coming out in the month of August."



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News::Steam Sales Are Encouraging Obsession

The introduction of trading cards to Valve's Steam storefront encourages obsession. Twice a year, Steam Valves digital download service hosts enormous sales that discount its vast catalogue of PC and Mac videogames. For about two weeks during the summer and two weeks before the New Year it's possible to buy a title that may be less than a year old for less than, say, 60 or 75 percent of its original cost. Most of us who play games on our computers look forward to these sales. They're a great way to grab up a couple of passed-over mainstream titles and an inexpensive way to try out indies that we may have overlooked during the rest of the year.



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News::Valve one-up MS and Sony once again with Trading Cards

Michael over at Ordinary Gamer puts together a brief description of how the newly implemented Trading Card system on Steam works and explains why Valve have delivered the system to us. Short story: They are making a LOT of money.



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News::Black Mesa, the review | 4News

The most reputable total conversion mod that changed the History of videogames, and the nature of the first, unforgettable Half-Life. Totally free. Well Done. Full of new sections, challanges and music. It will blow your mind. With the base of the Source Engine used by VALVe in creating Half-Life 2 and episodes, a team of indipendent developers decided seven years ago to change the first Half-Life forever. After the disappointment of the Source update that changed just few textuers, the team worked very hard to offer a masterpiece.



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News::Do you have the Will To Survive the Alien Invasion?

Will To Survive is a Single-Player, RPG Survival game set in the English city of Brighton. But instead of surviving in a world ravaged by an unknown virus and having hordes of the undead around every street corner, Will To Survive tasks you with surviving through an Alien Invasion! Thats right, no zombies insight folks! The game is currently being developed by Firing Pin games (aka Alex Dawson) and will definitely bring a completely new, and ultimately fresh, take on the survival genre. You play as Will, one of the survivors of the Alien invasion. After the invaders have ravaged earth and taken the resources they needed, most of the aliens returned home.



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News::Skyrim Total Conversion Mod Enderal

Enderal is an upcoming total conversion mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It adds a new landmass to explore, lore, and new characters completely independent from Skyrim. It also features an overhauled gameplay system.



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News::Rook's Keep Preview | The Indie Mine

Rook's Keep is a game of chess if it were run through the Unreal engine and bishops could shoot blue light at their enemies. Simple controls, requires strategy.



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News::The Raven: Legacy Of A Master Thief review


An intimate tale on an international canvas, The Raven puts you in the shoes of underdog policeman Anton Jakob Zellner as he gets tangled up in a web of thieves, gangsters and misguided, distrustful bystanders. If those ingredients sound familiar, it’s because Nordic developer King Art is overtly – and passionately – riffing on Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot tales of murder and mystery (right down to Zellner’s waxed moustache and an indirect cameo by the author herself onboard – where else? – the Orient Express).


Christie’s influence permeates every element of the game, from the family-friendly tone to the period setting, but King Art injects its own personality into the production with a meticulous approach to mise en scene and cinematic framing that makes scouring each environment for clues a pleasure.


While the logic-based puzzles are never too perplexing, they can require a little too much back-and-forth travel between adjacent rooms, occasionally wearing out the good impression made by each gorgeously rendered setting. A hint system helps alleviate the eye-strain, however, with the tap of a button using up a portion of your currency to highlight areas of on-screen interest (currency is awarded a little too generously for each successfully solved puzzle).


This first episode of three is a solid foundation for King Art to build on and proof that the team is up to the challenge of bringing Christie’s oeuvre of intrigue, interpersonal conflict, and superior facial hair – in everything but name – to life.


The Raven: Legacy Of A Master Thief is out now on Steam.


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News::The tale of Final Fantasy VI in kickass fresco form

If you love videogame art, it would be criminal not to know who Mikaël "Orioto" Aguirre is. He is a French digital artist known for his spectacular renderings of notable videogame scenes painted using the brush of the gods. You've no doubt seen some of his work before even if you don't recognize him by name. In fact, I use this sparkling number as the wallpaper for my mp3 player!


His most recent masterpiece is an assembly of several key events in Final Fantasy VI. Created in 120 hours over the course of two months, it contains references to the prologue, the Ultros battle, Locke's rescue of Celes, the famous Opera scene, and more. And this is just the first part of a three-piece set! Madness!


If you want to purchase a print of this awesome sauce, you can order it from here, but you only have until September 2. Orioto previously sold prints of similar frescoes for Quackshot and Sonic the Hedgehog . Not anymore, regrettably! At least there are still other works you can buy.


FFVI Fresco (part 1) by Orioto [deviantART]


The tale of Final Fantasy VI in kickass fresco form screenshot


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News::2010's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is coming to PC on August 27.

News::Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Gets OST Trailer With Just Blaze

Activision has released a new trailer for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows delving into the game's soundtrack with hip-hop producer Just Blaze.



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